China Television

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China Television Company, Ltd.
中國電視公司

Type	Television network, Satellite television and Cable television
Industry	Television Broadcasting
Founded	3 September 1968
Headquarters	Taipei, Taiwan
Products	Television content, television programming
Parent	Want Want China Times
Website	www.ctv.com.tw

CTV building in Taipei City

China Television Company, Ltd. (CTV; Chinese: 中國電視公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó Diànshì Gōngsī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-kok-tiān-sī-kong-si; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙ) (Formerly called Taiwan Daytime TV (TDT) in 1969-1975) is a television broadcasting company based in Taipei, Taiwan. It was established on September 3, 1968, by the then-ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) of the Republic of China. The party owned the majority stake of the network. Trial broadcast started on October 9, 1969, and the channel formally started broadcasting on October 31 the same year.

It was the first television channel to broadcast full colour television service to the whole island.

The third version of CTV logo (1980s-October 31, 1997) with Sun Yat-sen's calligraphy

On August 9, 1999, the channel was publicly listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange, becoming the first publicly listed broadcasting company on the island.

In 2006, due to effects borne by the media reform law in Taiwan requiring all political parties to divest their control in radio and television companies, 90% of CTV shares were sold to the China Times media group, effectively giving the station leeway to some of its satellite TV concerns, notably the Chung T'ien Television (CTi), one of major cable television programmers in Taiwan. Some CTV shows are now seen on CTi's two channels on cable.

It is currently the largest television channels on the island. Its shows consistently rated 2nd in all major time slots, and is home to Taiwan's most watched early evening newscast, the CTV News Global Report.

In November 2019, Wang Liqiang, a self-proclaimed PRC spy who defected to Australia, claimed that CTV had received Chinese funding in return for airing stories unfavorable of the Taiwanese government.^[1] The Want Want China Times Group denied these allegations.^[1]

Appearances[]

Test card[]

The testcard of CTV is PM5544.

Channels[]

• CTV Main Channel
• CTV News Channel
• CTV Classic (formerly known as CTV MyLife)
• CTV Bravo (formerly known as CTV HD, the high-definition version channel available in terrestrial television. Launched on July 21, 2012)

See also[]

• China Times
• Chung T'ien Television (CTi)
• List of Taiwanese television series

References[]

External links[]

• CTV Official Site
• China Television's channel on YouTube(in Chinese)